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Joel Sjoholm of Sweden advances to number 5 in R&A Mens Amateur World Rankings
Posted by Big G under Golf Stat Attack, R&A Mens World Amateur Rankings
Joel Sjoholm of Sweden has leap-frogged Kevin Chappell of the USA to regain the No 5 spot in The R&A World Amateur Golf Ranking that he claimed two weeks ago as Daniel Willett of England holds on to top spot.
Sjoholm, winner this season of the Colonial Athletic Association Championship at Williamsburg, Virginia, and the John Hayt Collegiate at Sawgrass in Florida, is Sweden’s number one player.
Biggest move into the top echelons of the Ranking has come from Cameron Johnston of South Africa who has climbed 38 places to No 10 with a fourth-place finish in the Boland Amateur at Paari. Last week he was also fourth in the Western Province Amateur after reacing the semi-finals of the South African Match Play earlier in the year.
Jacques Blaauw, the winner of the SA Match Play, finished seventh in the Boland event and moves up three places to WAGR No 20.
Top 20 in the World Rankings as follows.
1 1 Daniel Willett ENG 37 1578.38
2 2 Rickie Fowler USA 57 1138.60
3 3 Webb Simpson USA 59 1105.08
4 4 Michael Thompson USA 67 1104.48
5 6 +1 Joel Sjoholm SWE 56 1046.43
6 5 -1 Kevin Chappell USA 57 1045.61
7 7 Jamie Lovemark USA 58 1024.14
8 8 Jorge Campillo ESP 50 1010.00
9 9 Danny Lee NZL 67 998.51
10 48 +38 Cameron Johnston RSA 27 987.50
11 10 -1 Derik Ferreira RSA 59 983.05
12 11 -1 Bi-o Kim KOR 33 966.67
13 12 -1 Chris Wood ENG 53 964.15
14 13 -1 Esteban Martinez ARG 44 959.09
15 14 -1 Chesson Hadley USA 50 954.00
16 16 Kyle Stanley USA 71 946.48
17 17 Dale Whitnell ENG 48 945.83
18 18 Seung Su Han KOR 68 941.18
19 15 -4 Anders Kristiansen NOR 45 940.00
20 23 +3 Jacques Blaauw RSA 43 939.53
